Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 19/01/2015



The Wall Street Journal
- Oil markets dance on the edge
- ECB can no longer duck the QE questions
- Swiss Minister says economy can withstand shock
- Uber CEO reaches out to Europe

The Independent
- Pay for 120 bankers at Goldman Sachs in London rises to £2.6 million
- South Carolina issues cease and desist to Uber
- US judge caps BP’s maximum fine at $13.7bn

Financial Times
- Falling oil prices threaten electric cars
- Are central banks a destabilising force?
- Sharp drop in US rigs drilling for oil
- Chinese cities see property prices fall
- India can outstrip China if it tries

Daily Mail
- Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing plans £9bn bid for O2
- Gas bills to fall by 7% as Big Six slash prices
- Jeweller Asprey suffers £12 million in losses after fall in bespoke commissions
- Xmas bike gifts to boost Halfords Christmas trading statement

The Guardian
- White House pushes Obama tax plan, Republicans ready to oppose
- Russia’s rouble crisis poses threat to 9 countries relying on remittances
- Cheap petrol could put inflation below zero before election
- Dixon Carphones positive over Black Friday
- Final reckoning looms for BP in Deepwater Horizon case

The Daily Telegraph
- Tesco hires firm behind ‘the Lynx effect’ to overhaul image
- £1.5 billion contract boost for Balfour Beatty
- London house prices to fall up to 5%

The Times
- BG Group confident over repairs at Queensland Curtis plant in northern Australia
- Swiss economy will be badly hit by loss of cap
- Naked Wines reports 40% rise in Xmas sales
- New Year’s bounce in property prices




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